Personal

Proudly Penangite(yes, that’s a real no-nonsense word), I was raised in George Town, the capital of Penang island, a UNESCO World Heritage City. Since 2007, I have been living in the heart of the city of Madrid with my family, pursuing a doctorate study. We came unequipped with a single word of Spanish…well, actually only “gracias” and “adios amigos” – both picked up from Speedy Gonzalez, the fastest mouse in Mexico Though I miss home, I love it here. As Cytowic says in his book The Man Who Tastes Shapes, Madrid gives me Synesthesia – a mixed-up sensation of hearing colours, feeling musics and tasting shapes (and seeing smells too) .